Llandegla Ride : Pictures

[Doug86]

Me and a couple mates went up to Llandegla today for a ride in all weathers.

Trail was very wet and muddy which made it pretty challenging. They were taking the piss as I was going so slowly on the DH bits. I think its a mental thing as Im not too bad when its dry.

Anyway here are a few pictures (im in the green top and shorts)....

(Full album can be seen here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=33053&id...











My sexy legs after the ride


My sexy legs in the bath

[Gooby]

Looks like the kind of day we get on our bikes for!

[thepickle]

I like Llandegla, I’ve been a couple of times before but only in winter (in snow...not good), but I was there last week and had a really good ride around so definitely planning to go more regularly. My only criticism is it’s a bit short (the longest route...red with all black sections) but it only takes me an hour to get there so not overly bothered. That raised wooden section in your pic is deceiving, it feels way steeper than it looks in the pic, the first time I went off it I absolutely cacked myself as you only see the down-ramp at the very last second For some reason I took a really poor pic on my phone at the top of the jumps section..

[Darkslider]

Looks like a good ride, I've never been to llandegla always seem to end up at betws y coed for trail riding as its closer.
Does your mate in the red jersey realise his trousers are too small for him?

[Doug86]

Thepickle - Nice bike You think the red route with the black runs is short? IT takes me a good 3 hours to get round there
Yeah that northshore ramp is ALOT higher and steeper than the pictures show! When we were stood around taking pictures there a group of lads came along and were flying off the end

Darkslider - We were taking the piss constantly! He used to race bikes though so I guess thats what they wear

[thepickle]

3 hours?! Behave! I did it in 1 hour 40 and that includes going around the "black" jumps section 3 times! When I say short, it's because I'm used to doing longer trails like "The Beast" at CyB or "Syfydrin" and they are 38km and 35km compared to Llandeglas 21km (as you probably knew). It takes me 2 hours to get to CyB and 2.5 hours to get to Nant y Arian or Machynlleth so I at least want to get home feeling like I've done something and the 5 hours driving was worth it

[Bee_Jay]

Here's my trail from my last attempt at Co-ed - http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/481931...

Came off feeling knackered after thinking we had not done that much, until I realised that we did 600m of climbing, some of which on the black is near vertical...

[WildCards]

thepickle said:

3 hours?! Behave! I did it in 1 hour 40

Last time I was at Llandegla I did two loops in 1hr 35mins [ETA: each lap]


So there

Edited by WildCards on Wednesday 9th July 13:54

[Doug86]

You did the full red route and black stuff twice in 1 hour 35 mins?!

[WildCards]

Doug86 said:

You did the full red route and black stuff twice in 1 hour 35 mins?!

Hang on a minute, i'm talking out of the crack of my arse here.

No, My Llandelga time is 1 hour 35 minutes per lap, not for two.

Me = fat but surprisingly fit man not superman

Edited by WildCards on Wednesday 9th July 13:54

[thepickle]

Haha! No, what I should have said was, I’m far from being the fastest person around and on a fairly heavy bike and even I managed that time, believe me, I wasn’t trying to brag! I get overtaken plenty, usually on the climbs.

[Matt H]

thepickle said:

3 hours?! Behave! I did it in 1 hour 40 and that includes going around the "black" jumps section 3 times! When I say short, it's because I'm used to doing longer trails like "The Beast" at CyB or "Syfydrin" and they are 38km and 35km compared to Llandeglas 21km (as you probably knew). It takes me 2 hours to get to CyB and 2.5 hours to get to Nant y Arian or Machynlleth so I at least want to get home feeling like I've done something and the 5 hours driving was worth it

Agree............ but, we are currently going on a Wednesday night after work - then its just perfect as its just going dark & the car park closing as we finish!